The world, as millions of Elvis fans knew it, came to an end in late 1957. Elvis Presley received his draft notice ordering him to report for service on December 20th. The draft board would agree to postpone his induction until March 24, 1958 so he could finish the movie, King Creole.<\/i> Elvis would serve in the army for two years and be honorably discharged on March 2, 1960.<\/p>\n
There is no doubt that Elvis made a number of uninspiring movies during his lifetime but there were several films that ranged from good to excellent. King Creole<\/i> remains one of his better films and is still entertaining a half century later. It was also Elvis\u2019 favorite film.<\/p>\n
King Creole<\/i> was directed by the legendary Michael Curtiz who won an Oscar for best director for the film Casablanca. He also directed such films as White Christmas, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Captain Blood, <\/i>and Yankee Doodle Dandy<\/i>. This proved that with capable and creative direction, Elvis could make good movies. <\/p>\n
The film, King Creole<\/i>, also produced another interesting story. Elvis\u2019 female co-star was Delores Hart who also starred in the film Loving You, <\/i>would leave acting in the 1960s and enter a cloistered convent as a nun. Today, she is a Mother Superior but remains a voting member of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and gets to vote for the best picture Oscar each year.<\/p>\n
Elvis\u2019 manager, Colonel Tom Parker, continued to produce many of the songs for Elvis\u2019 films from his own writing factory. He hired writers to churn out material, which would hurt the overall quality of the films. Parker maintained an iron hand over Elvis Presley\u2019s career and would reject any ideas, no matter how good, that would threaten his control. <\/p>\n
The soundtrack album to King Creole was above average but not a superior effort. It is also one of those soundtrack albums that require the listener to be familiar with the film. Many of the songs come off better when they can be placed in context.<\/p>\n
There are three superior songs contained on this album. The title song \u201cKing Creole\u201d and \u201cTrouble\u201d were both written by Leiber-Stoller and not Parker\u2019s lackeys. Both are rockers, and \u201cTrouble\u201d would remain an Elvis concert staple for years. \u201cHard Headed Woman\u201d remains a classic Elvis song and would be a number one single release.<\/p>\n
\u201cSteadfast, Loyal And True\u201d was another Leiber-Stoller creation, and \u201cNew Orleans\u201d has a nice bluesy feel to it. However, such songs as \u201cLover Doll,\u201d \u201cCrawfish,\u201d \u201cYoung Dreams,\u201d and \u201cDixieland Rock\u201d may fit within the context of the film, but taken on their own they are the first in a long line of filler songs that would grace Elvis\u2019 soundtrack albums. <\/p>\n
King Creole<\/i> has some good and some not so good material. While I recommend the movie, this soundtrack is not an Elvis Presley classic. When I want to play some Elvis on the old stereo system, this soundtrack rarely comes to mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":31821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6914],"rating":[5619],"class_list":["post-43539","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-elvis-presley","rating-rating-c"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43539"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43539"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}